Portuguese thyme in Algarve dunes

Observed: 7th June 2012 By: Nick Upton

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Description:

Many clumps of this white thyme with small succulent leaves were flowering in the dunes on Culatra island, Ria Formosa, Algarve, and I'm pretty sure they're Thymus carnosus, a species endemic to southern Portugal, typical of dune habitats and mentioned as a dominant species in Culatra sand dunes in online nature guides. There are some quite similar thyme species in Portugal, but they're very rare and limited to sites further West. http://www.flora-on.pt/#/09sRV